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The omaha Corning ;ee ** •,__.■ _ _ VOL. 62—NO. 226. ^ R T't.Z” ah‘Z ^ «. OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1923.* SwE'm mJ"’.'mm«?,."« TWO CENTS to KJr' I * ■ ■ « — •!....— -— ■ - — ----- Woman Is Convicted of Mayhem Mary Shannon, Held for Bit ing Neighbor's Finger, Re sulting in Loss of Ayn, Weeps Over Verdict. Penalty Is 1 to 20 Years A verdipt of guilty was returned by a jury, in District Judge Charles Goss’ court at 9:35 Wednesday night in the case of Mary Shannon, charged with mayhem. The jury deliberated for eight and a half hours. The charge carries a sentence of from 1 to 20 years in the penitentiary. * Mrs. Shannon was accused of hav ing entered the home of Jennie Booth, 1613 Cuming street, last November, and of having attacked Mrs. Booth with a club. Tn the fight for posses sion pf the club Mrs. Shannon bit ^^.Mrs. Booth on the finger. Blood poison resulted and Mrs. Booth's arm had to bo amputated. * When tli£ jury sent word to Judge Goss that it had reached a veadlct Mrs. Shannon was In the office of her i .attorney. She had been released] shortly after her arrest on $2,000 bond. Mis. Shannon Collapses. She entered the court room smiling and apparently satisfied that the verdict was in her faVor. When the ■ jerk read the verdict she collapsed and fell into the arms of her hua= band. John Shannon, sehbing. Mrs. Shannon's attorney demanded a roll ' aTl and count of the jurors. This was granted and each man answered to his name and declared that his verdict was guilty. As the last juror responded Mrs. Shannon became more emotional and she ^ad not been quietened after she was led fioni the courtroom. Her bond Ws renewed. attack Woman in Bed. Evidence in the case showed that .Mrs. Shannon had had an alterca tion with her husband last November. During the struggle Mrs. Booth, who lived in the next-door apartment, en tered as peace-maker. Mrs. Booth suc ceeded in separating the two couple. Mrs. Brook# then returned to her home an retired. Later she awakened to find Mrs. Shannon at the foot of her bed, armed, holding a club. She screamed and Mr«. Shannon leaped at her. During the fight that followed Mrs. Rrooks was bitten severely in the finger. m«s She thought nothing , of It at the time, but the next day the finger had swollen and blood poitton had set in. The arm was amputated a few days later. Mrs. Shannon was held for several] day* nt the police station. She was released on a $10.00(1 bond »s soon as Mis. Booth was abl^ to establish the charge of mayhem. Later the bond was reduced to $2,000 and this amount is allowed to stand- while Mrs. Shan non awaits sentence. Father of Slain Man Grand Jyry Witness Bastrop. La.. March 7.— '(#1—Wtt ti' SBses who appeared before the More l ousfes parish grand Jury were for the most part persons held up on the Bastrop-Mer Rouge highway August 2S by a masked band ff hioh kidnaped Watt Daniels snd T. F. Richard. The 1 bodies of Daniel and Richard, virtually | headless and mutilated, were found in f.ake Im Fouche four.rnO-Jths later. The principal witnesses today were Mrs. J. A.,Inabet of Mer Rouge and] *.r L. Dante1, the father of Watt, and Tot" Davenport. Mrs. Inabet at the opening hearing here In January testified she recog nized E. N. r. (Newt) Gray as one o'f | the hooded men who made captives of Richard Daniel. J. L. Daniel. W. C. -Andrews and Davenport. There has been no intimation when gtand jury would complete Its work, but prior to Its organization at taches of the attorney general’s staff said they belief ed It would require a week or lb day*. Several Persons Die in Pittsburgh Fire Pittsburgh. ‘March 7.—Fifteen "per- , in* have been taken to hospitals s* 0 .oualy burned, and 50 others are be- • iieved to be trapped in a building which Is completely surrounded by a ) fire sweeping the lower north side die iru t. according to reports to police : at 0 tonight.. Several p<%*ons lost their \ive* In Hi* fire which half and hour lalcr was believed to be under control, police an noufteed. Bmcrgenry workers have be- | ;,iin a search of the debris for the bodies of possible victims. • i The flames were confined to a four story brick building, one floor of 1 which la utilised as a club room. I.uthcr Burbank Celebrates *14th Birthday Quietly 1 ■ Santa Rom. Cal.. March 7.—Luther j Burbank, plant winrd, spent his 74th' birthday anniversary quietly today, j > onflned to Ms home convalescing' from Influenza. Telegrams from all parts of th* 1 ountry were received by Mr. Bur 1 ink. congratulating him and ex osslng the wish that he might have many more birthdays. School children held exercises in Mr. Burbank's honor. (-upper Firm Raises Wages. ^ Hotighton Mich.. March 7.—A gen wage iricresse. effective as of March I, was announced today by I he c alumet and tlerla Copper com pany and subsidiaries. the t.'oppct Range, Quincy. Mohawk and Wolver ine. The rale of mciease ranges from to 20 per cent. Steel Magnate in Bad Health; Coming Hpme Charles M. Schwab. Paris, March 7.—(4*)—Charles M. Schwab has been compelled by the state of his health to abandon his trip to the Ruhr and unoccupied Ger many ami will sail for home on Hie steamship Aquitania from Cherbourg Saturday. Mr. Schwab was taken with an at tack of grippe shortly after leaving >*>w York and was forced to remain in bed during most of his stay in Lon don. Later he went to the Riviera in an attempt to throw it off, but the attack persisting; he has decided to go home, hoping recover during the sea voyage. He had 'planned to travel through Germany and study industrial condi tions there not only for his personal information, but to secure' data oft which to base an informal report to President Harding. In view - of his lack of first hand Information, the American capitalist lias refused to comment on the situation while here. Mr. Schwab has not abandoned his intention to visit Germany, however, and indicates that he will do so on his next trip to Europe. Three Dead Toll of New York Storm: Traffic Tied Up Forte of 10,000 Working to Clear Main Arterio*—Suli^ way Trains Hindered by Heavy Snow. -V , New Vrrrk, March 7,—Thiee per sons (lead, one dying and several In jured was ill® known toll exacted here by a snowstorm listing from Tuesday forenoon ur.tiJ this morning Two of the'victims were found dead in snow banks. The third slipped from an Icy platform and was killed by a train. Six and a half inches of snow fell and traffic was greatly impeded. A force of nearly 10 000 men worked all day to clear only the main arteries. Elevated trains, i uniting all night, kept tracks and switches free from •ce land snow . Subways in Manhattan were not affected, but in the Brooklyn open cute snow.- hampered service. Marine traffic was seriously dis rupted, captains of incoming liners preferring to remain at quarantine until the storm abated. Tuesday's and today's snowfall brought the season s total in this city to 54 110 inches. The winter of 1892-3 holds the record for snowfall of 76 inches. Strained Relations Reported at Doom Doom, Holland. March 7. The u Intions between former Empenor Wil liam and hla wife. Princess Hernitnc. are strained, according to information obtained from a member of the one time emperors entourage This foot supposedly is the cause for the it i minent departure of Hermine aipl h< r children for Silesia The state of health of the princess and the i v. climate of Holland are being assign'-I as reasons for lier intention to Kne Doom. Wliile rumpr* are freely current in Doom that Hermine again is to tie come a toother, no confirmation Is obtainable from the former emperor suite. Recent reports concerning Print *--i Hermine were to the effect that sir shortly would visit the Island <f Corfu, where former Emperor Wi liam has a castle. Steamer Still Aground. Mobile.* Ala.. March 7.—Tho siii|> ping board uteatnfr L«b#ttc wai ihll hArd aground inidebs Pcnaacolu bar late thta kftrruooii. acrordiuic to d ' |1 t • I ll tu I’" il e #r Ihe shipping board. Th«* fdilpptatt boat'd tug Hulver of M^ul* ban, rear bed the veaael The Isiibette went aground juat ipalde the 1mi Monday night. Ir,rr4.i .—— Free Tickets i to the Gayety Theater f The names and addresses of many people arc scattered throughout the ‘‘Want" Ad columns of The Omaha Bee. Different ones will appear each day during this week. 11 If YOUR name ami address is listed there'you’re entitled to the beet seat in the Gayety any afternoon or evening this week--Monday to Friday, inclusive. T Call at the “Want" Ad De partment of The Omaha Bee and you will be pre sented with youi ticket Saving in Parcelv^ Is Planed Methods for More Economical Handling and Better Ser vice to People Being Worked Out. Numerous Defects Found —w— Washington. March 7.—Plans by which millions of dollars will be saved every year by the government in the handling <jf parcel post and a better 1 service afforded to the people of the. country are being worked out by Col. Paul Henderson, second assistant postmaster general. Defects in the present administra tion of the parcel post service, due to the tremendous increase of this branch of the postal service, so im pressed Colonel Henedrson upon his assumption of his office that, after a careful investigation, he made a spe cial report to President Harding on the subject. System Extra* ugant. The present system was found by Colonel Henderson to be extravagant of clerical force in postoffi£ps, of mo tor vehicle service in large cities and of expensive space in postofflces. It is also the cause of inevitable losses to the governments.of several unillion dollars annually In damages to pack ages In transit, and a contributing cause to the delay of important pas senger trains and of first-class mat Having found out what was wrong, | Colonel Henderson appointed a com mittee of five, tnade-up of two ex-: peril need railroad men and three de partment experts, who have been holding weekly meetings for several months and by July 1 will have a definite report containing recommen dations. some of which can be put into, operation without delay and oth er*'for which legislation may be re quired. One decision already reached is to' replace with steel hampers tlie mail bags now employed for handling par cel post packages. This change will do away at once with an annual loss of millions paid on damaged packages, and will also affect an economy on spate and make easier as well as. safer, the hunting of the packages. Need Special Buildings. Tl/e next necessity, according to Colonel Henderson, Is to have special buildings near the railroad stations for the handling of parcel post pack ages. thus relieving flip main post- • offices of congestion and effecting a tremendous saving in the number of: motor vehicles required for tnenapor- j tat Ion and a very considerable reduc i tion In the clerical force required, i The possibilities in this connection1 are now the subject of conferences which are expected to lead to definite : action within the next few months. A more difficult mattes, but one’ along which satisfactory progress has been made, Is the working out of a system l»y whirl* special trains may \ be put on for the carrying of parcel ; post instead of the present system of ’ transporting such par kage« in vary ing quantities on numerous tr*lr*» between given points $7,500 Is Found on Inmate of Poor Farm How did Mr*. Wilhelrnfna Cord**, r-f'd widow, gel posj-*oe*lojj of the • tT.SW which wa« found wwwl In her tlrca* at the county poor-farm? coun ty official* usk. AVh#n Mrs. < hordes' fin stand died a year ago. he left an **staU- of $$.000. H“ left no will. She refused to divide the money v ith .a relative in Europe , Her *J*tei. Mim Hclenf Schneider, 2921 Burdette street, whs appointed guar dian, uni Mrs* Cord**’ share was placed in a local tank Shortly after she was taken to the • minty farm, her home was robbed’; •everaj times Shortage of (>uf>olin< i'hreati-ned This Summer 4‘hicago. March 7.—Whil** the pr*y» j *<it supply of gif toil ne is sufficient to meet the dcniAndK of tlie country, nn nnticipaie«t one third increase In the national consumption tins summer is ' ex pent tgd to stretch thi* supply to the i maximum, and may even create « hortaK* \4 M Welcji. president of the Natural (iunoline avoctafu*n. de * la red today before the American Oil Men's association. The daily con sumption of snsolifie of 1 olO.flnO gal lons jn 1922 will reach or exceed 2.00fi. boo gallons daily thi* summer. Accord ing to the be*» figure* ana estimates. Mr. \WI(>i said * C oh trail n Srnator ' Given to Man II lio San'd DauftlUrrit Hum FranriM-fi, ( al. Marrli .,—|\. li. Sl«), mi In-uranrr man of San Kraurl-io, fornirrly a rraldrnl of llrnvrr, y ratrrriay rrrrlirH a rhrrlt for $100,000 from I nlfrd Slatr Srnator l.awrrnrr ('. I'lnpp* of f olorado for -aiing (hr llvra of Srnator I'hlpi*' i«ro ilaughur-. Iforolliy anil llrlrn, In 1901. fin .Itinr 3, 1901, >lay «m mllli Inc down a atrrrl in llrnirr, wlirn fir -aw a Irani of runaway lioram drawlug n larrrninc buggy. In llir buggy wrrr llir I’lilppa girl-. It rl* li me hit. own lifr, May arlrrd llir rrlns of (hr Itoror* and rrarurd I hr girt*, who wrrr nnlnjurrd. Srnator and Mra. I'hipii* wrrr In Kuropr al Ihr I line, Inif on llirlr rr turn lliry Iiunlrd op May and gavr him S3.IMHI wllli Ihr aaauranrr Hint hr would lirar from llirni again. Srveial ilmra while lii Sau Kran ii«io ttmalor l'hl|>|M ha- lalhil on May. hul May -alii hr had forgollrn alioiil Ihr ariiator'a |iroinl*r until yoatrrday, wlirn tin ixwlman brought llig ilicrk tm 1100,000 . 4 Immigration War Is Raging at El Paso Paso. Tex.. March 7.—Rigid in^ migration restrictions have been put into effect here against Americana by Mexican immigration authorities, and within the last three days scores of persons have been taken froi 1 street ' cars and automobiles and turned back. The action follows closely complaint to Washington that immigration officials recently took the Mexican vice consul from an at*o and held up a consulate cler,t who was bringing mail from Juarez, to the consul. The Mexicans charge ttyit the American officers laughed at the clerk's consular button a:il warned him he would not be permit ted to cross again unless he carried his immigration papers. % Hoover Plans Foreign Trade Investigation / _ Commerce Department to Con duct Inquiry Into Conditions as Affecting Farmers of* United States. Washington, March 7.—Exporters of 'agricultural products and reprc sentativcs of agricultural organiza tions are being asked by the Com merce department. Secretary Hoover announced tonight, to serve on a spe cial commission that will investigate the foreign trade outlook for farmers. Under an appropriation of $500,000 made by congress to investigate, what combinations are in existence or in process of formation abroad to hold up the price of raw products, such as rubber, which are imported into the United States in large quanitles. and to consider whether it®w sources of supply raq Ice developed on American soil, the department also was au thorized to make a special study of the international trade situation with respect to agriculture. The commission now being formed, whose membership will Ice announced shortly, will plan and direct the in vestigation. Will Seek Remedy. "Agricultural produce comprises about one half of our total exports." a department statement said. "Dui ing the last three years there lias been an apparently slight overproduction In the United States whic h seriously affects agricultural prices, and the question arises as to how. temporarily, this situation may he remedied and what the future prospers are. . , "During th» 10 years before 1 $• 13. our production did not keep up with our consumption and the increased consumpation was reflected in a <lf creasing margin of exportable sjr plus to an average of about «.500 ■ 000 ton* per annum, just before the war. In the 10 year* since that time production has steadily increased, not only sufficiently to provide for IS, 000,000 Increase in population but so that export* have increased! t\> about 17,000,000 tons p«r annum. "In the meantime the faimer pupu lation lias not kept pa. e with th* general population, theie having l>een l*5t little Increase in the number of farmers Increase in Produetion ' The ln< reaaed agrx ultural produc tion is due, to nearly 2* per cent tn crfM“ output p-r tanner. Tin* i* in the turn, apparently due to steady improvement In agricultural artence and mechanical appliance* and is per haps contributed to by a lun of fasoi ably climatic condition*. THe lowered production of Kurope especially of Russian, has contributed to create the enlarged market for this sui-plny abroad. "It 1* proposed that there should he an exhaustive inveauaiytion of the fa> t* as to th» proportion of exports to the total of eti< b crop, those facts which hear upon the trend of In creased production and In. res sing con sumption at home, the general sibl ing In the world's demand for dlf ferent food stuffs, the tendency of agricultural production abroad, th finance of exports, the hearing of \arlous trade'factors upon the whole question of foreign marketing, the .’tter preparation of produce for for* » gn market* and aid to export*, the p .ssihilltle* of shipment to ri**ttnn f.or* instead of irhandling in foreign . min tries, and various fantoi* of the i hanging character of markets which the American farmers must meet" Hand of Italian Worker* Manhandled in Bavaria Rome, March 7. (^i—Vtemlti Mu* sollnl today telegraphed the llalim ambassador in Merlin and the Mnlln'i consul in Munich. Instructing them to ei tei snong protests against an at tack made On 17 Malign worker* in Ms vdrla. It I* teporled that th* wo Amen iirci.mpanted l.y a priest, were passing Ihrougli tin-many on , their way to Belgium and were fonbd to lea\e th • train at Roaenhelm. where n crowd manhandled them tn the belief that they were bound for the Ruhr Premier Mussolini Instructed t h>> umhnssrtdci and tlie cony ill to derns rd exemplary putilshmdht pf the rtytg leu.Ins of tlie attack and ionipena-i .on for the vletljna. Hank < asliiy Confesses to ffrOOjWO Bond Shortage Springfield, (>.. March 7 —A II Ben. field, i .sitter of I he Hprlngfleld Na lionet bank w h(< h elided lie doors Tuesday night after a shortnae «f 1*00 dou had lieen found In Its Liberty lionds act mint rrmfeaaed today to hla fodherlnlaw, Hr. D K t lot bald, th* tafter drrUrc-d. he was guilty Of drfal • Ationa. Envoy l» Sail Saiurtlay. r.itsburgh. March 7. Aleiandei i*. Mocrs, ambassador tn rtpuln. was the guest si a dinner of a large pdity of tci'lne** find personal fafemls lit, lefi noon afterward for Nr.sAYork and on Saturday will sail on the U. K. ft. tieorse VV ushlngton for Knglitnd, where he will spend a few week* bs fur* taking up bis dune* at Madrid • Companions* WEllfWWAT 46(6^ 60V YOU'VE GROWN TO 66. IT 5CEMS ONLY YESTERDAY YOU WEftEdT NE& MY $w) Fontenelte Case to Be Reopened bv Government m Newly •Discovered Evidence of Alleged Rum Law Violator Leads to Action of L. S. Attorney. The Hotel Fontenelle injunction • ase will be reopened by the govern jnent within the next fen days. In dl probability. "The government has new ly-dis covered evidence > f liquor law,viols lion* in the hptel,’ said \«ai«<ant 1'tilted^ State* Attorney Ktyser to Federal Judge Woodrough. I w .11 know definitely by Wednesday after noon." • "The case will be reopened if Mm' is true." Judge Woodrough *aid Tlit main government cn»e seeking o r lose up the big hostelry by injunc tion lieca-ise of alleged liquor viola tion* wa* heard Tuesday afternoon and Judge Woodrough took It under advisement. Yesterday. Albeit Ridenour, due of the s;t bellboy * arrested ml charged with telling liquor. « a* placed on trial The jury found him guilty. The other five. A! Ulasdell. It Pryor. Charles Woodward F.dw.ird Rakei and C. A L't i'rwood. < mge L their plea* to guilty ‘ wjule this jm^v wa* out. At the suggestion of Mr Keyaer. Judge Woodrough defen eel sentence on theta for a da> or two. Ridenour admitted th»: he sold a quart of gin to Rcxfotd Thompson > government agent who teatifle 1 againat him Rut he said lie bought It Pom an outside bootleggei ' tVere did you find thl* bootleg gel?" a*kr<t Mr. Keyaer ■ He was near tIre K.ightecnth street entrance of th« hotel" • How did you know ho w.i« a boot legger?" H ctl. I just got to talking to him Where did he deltvri the liquor to you ?" In the loWeu- lobby. ‘ Whit did you i>ay lot it? ’I gave him $*•" Ridenour sold tire liquor to 1 homp . •on for ?ll makln- III on the trues action I SOLD ' Mr. Charles Mulhair. Lynch, Neb., hud some real estate in Omaha r which he wished to pell, so he phiecd a "Want" Ad in The Ofnaha Bee for a period of three days. I ' This is what he had to say when ho paid his "Want" A<1 statement: Enclosed find check for my ‘Want’ Ad in your paper. It did the bust new—the place is sold " ' No matter what you have to sell-houses, lots, business property, autos v or even used furniture or poultry—an OiiihIiu Bee "Want" Ad will secure good, quick results for you*—and at a minimum cost. * Moonshiners Kill 2 Deputies Bury Bodies in Mud Lnder Carcass of Cow After Still Raided. FrinkUuloik la. Manii w—Th* bodies of Wesley Crain and Wiley Piei^-, deputy sheriffs, slain Saturday by moonshiners wero found today, buried in mud. into which they h*4 been pressed and covered with the carcass if a deal cow They we.e found about a quarter of a mile from a destroyed moonshine still In the swamps about eight miles from here. Tpe slayer* John Murphy art Gideon Kestdr, moonshiner*. have <-onfe*.-e*J. and led the ofHcera to the burial spot, it was announced by Dis trict Judge Prentiss B. Clark. (aught in Koumiup. They had previously b»en roundel uti with 10 others and lUted in jail I*' a posse Sif about shy armed men who had searched the woods and swamp* for several days Thr body of Pierce was mutilateJ with an >ag. indicating, according fo »uttioritie* that it was first planned to dismember the bodies and dispose wf them in some other way than burial. Murphy and I teeter told the sheriff Ihiw th*. deputies had, come to their home on Saturday, raided their still and placed them under arrest. They were searched and then the party started on foot out cf the swamp. Coming to a narroi* lane the f. tjr walked In single file Murp. according to Judge Clark*, that he I tilled a pistql he had concealed on his pei son and shot Pierce, killing '.im Ik- then killed Cr* « Kear For Fives. rYar f^r the h ves of the deputies became pronounced Sunday when the deputies fulled to return here after setting out Friday night oti horse back to raid a sMlt. One of ihc horses returned riderless .Sunday morning and the olhtr w an ftuipd tied in a ► ha. k near the -tHI 11 pn*s» was formed, district court then pi sc-nion, was adjourned, hanks and other bU*l niss house* wire cioaeii and a <lc*" tachment of c*v»hyme;i from Ho yslusa joined In the search. The authorities believed the ihpu *c<s had 1 *et’li slain and their bodies sposed of. A visit to the locality •vher* the raid occurred re vet. led a destroyril *U'I 8r\er*l peroons liv ing in the vicinity were utreated and placed lip jail i. - suspects The Wood stained clothing of one of th* musing men »ii* found In tin home of one of tin suspects^ Secret S|>r\ iee • \j:enl* t.atlier Kvitleuce in lonili* New Yotk. Match 'Secret Sefvlca Agent-. In Kiore ami Harris rmtraal front Tomtv* prison as hchrvr* of the Vlrnn up' by which the government nmwhrj an International counterfeit Mg plot running into million*. The two hMt! been an rated, jtlong with alleged tinglradvr* of the hand and Were committed to the Totnlm In kt'rfauH of JW not* hat! While la I ha Vomh* the' obtailied Information whhh lerl to two move struts— those -if linrtco Scitetlno and Salvatore Oposltii, who were ar i signed Inform Unite* State* t'omtnla I ilotirr Hitchcock today. \tialuc mimI Mechanic K il It'll in Plane ^ mek I'uditngton March 7. Unit I" M, S-tnar nnAil aviator and Stephen U Sullivan, a nxahnnh were kilted when the sit piano they were bringing fiont FttHavlatnhiii to Washington 'crashed Hi the river sewn milra front i bbtlndelnhnv. soorvltn* h.v ie|wtt re . v.eiv*€ by the N«*y department # American Miners to^ork Ruhr Pits Seized by France * _i Plans for Taking Negro Work ers to Germany Announced —Hughes Denies Knowl edge of Scheme. I New York. March 7.—Harry V. Dougherty, arriving on the steamship Maibstic today, announced that he had perfected plans to transport between -.500 and i.OOo American negro miners to the. Ruhr to work coal mines seised by the French government. At least 5(H) nonunion miners from |'be Wm Virginia coal fields will Iks sent, out on the Orduna which sails March l.Y sa.d Mr. Dougherty They vvi'i be followed by other shiphiSriti* as fast as the men can be collected. Mr. Dougherty said Ambassador Jusserand of France already had taken the matter up srtth Secretary • f Slats Hughes and had rece.ved i« auran-es that no international com plications would e*sue " The negroes will receive 17 a day ! in addition to board apd lodging, he said, and will receive compensation m es snt of injurs , Foreign labor wu« g.ven a tryout bv Use Frer.< h but failed to prove hardy enough to withstand the gas and bard work. .Mr Dougherty saM. Mr. Dougherty, with hts brother, George Dougherty, a former deputy police commissioner, operates a da (e. live agency her-*, which also «pe< tallies in providing emergency labor. Hughes Ignorant of I'lan Washington, March 7 —tSecretary Hughes authorised a statement to night that he pever had heard of a plan to transport Atperican negro- - to Europe to work in coal mines In the Ruhr. He did this after being informed that Harry V. Dougherty had announced he inten-H.i to carry | out such a project, that Ambassador Jusserand of France had discussed the matter with Mr. Hughea and that the eecretaiv of state ha-1 given a» s«ir.< in*-'- that no intern a tft-nal com plications would result It was stated that no such pi-fpoM turn «t any of a siisftUr nature bail been dN-usec-I with Mr, Hughes hv Atr.blissador Jusserand or gnyone else At the French emtassy it wa« de I dared that nothing was known of the Dougherty plan or of Dougherty, A statement was authorised that^ *ny I announcement by Dougherlj- lliRt the I proposal had l-e-n 'ah! before He* re ! tary Hoover or tlie FVench amhas sartor tvns "pore fabrication fc'mnonl A\ onian Stricken Vi hile Working ^ ith Iron 1'i.uient Neb, March 7, <!h>r t.al » Mrs. Jenalu.a Hanson, tl. was fn*nd ] .load on th« kitchen floor of her homo l hn o by hoi son. An electric tron which site had N on using had berried da way lliramgh the iiviong Nard .isd threatened lo stgt t a fir# I'hyat. tons l«oltovo Mr* Hanson was (.stricken hy apoplrsr while working and had been dead three hours when the Ndy waa diacoaered has Inlrl Jarohaen. her son. 5h* Is anrvta ed hy seven children. v The Weather lorsrMl. , Thursday mostly cloudy. ijut much ■ hange In temperature. Hourly remitoralurea Asm, "*<em *1 • • m >a < s m vs '•m ?a 3 p m V* • am t!4 r m aa • am tafpm as M * * II « o m v\ • lam. S I p. ■ at i: mh nips )* • Plaji s for Coup Are Thwarted Authorities Uncover Plot ami Arreft 15 Leaders in Munich —Stroke Threatened for Middle of Month. « . - , Ringleader Kills Self Beilin, March T —fJ?t—A coup d'eta' planned to occur about the middle of the present month, has !>een nipps ' in the bud by ti^e arrest of persons )' .Mun.' h | ties. The ringleaders are said to have been Professor Fuch. a well known dramatic critic; Herr Machaus, ir" musical conductor and Dr. Kuehles formerly legal ad .. - i to th< Munich town council. Dr. Kuehles. who was tcrnporarilv released for lack of evidei.■-< shot himself. Agitation t nder Way. There }iad been persistent nation alist agitation in Bavaria for some time with the ro-caiitjd fascisti leader. Hitter, actively organixing demon titrations. Toward the end of Jat uary the Bavarian government tem porarily proclaimed a modified fom of martial law to cheese the move ment. Hitter was repot ted as declaring' In a recent speech that the "(lay o reckoning" was near at hand for the socialist party and at about the same time attention was called in the di» to the activities of the fascis-i i r< < • >-ne deputy declaring that a dangero • cluing seemed near. Advice* thus far have not mad clear to what faction the men ariesn n the present instance belong People Support Cuno. Berlin. March 7.— JP)—Chance, Cunpo s declaration that Germany will hold out in the Ruhr and his intima Uon that no overtures will be made 'so long as the occupation render* ft Impossible for us to e^’msate our os capacity." rang through the r.5’• •oday as the people appraised the. spokesman's address to the reichstag Asserting that France had obtained nothing In all the week* of the o, cupatkm. Herr Cuno scoffed at talk of negotiations so long as the sit tign remained as it Is. >o Settlement We will agree to no settleice-.r •sver.r.g illegally occupied territc from German".'' he said, “or, ar> agree me it which fa.W to restore "* freedom, Germans w o rfci'v j ished.'' Recounting in detail the eOerc!" :« step* taken in.the Ruhr hr : e all.:e ' the chancellor declared that "how ever long the occupation may con tinue the curse of barrer.ess will p sue the French ’ — We wOl nos cease our im passive resistsnce until the goal is at tained." he said. The chancellor recalled that he ha>' assume'.! office w.th the ir.'er.ii-n fli ng Germany's reparation obhc titans at a tolerable figure. The pi« posals drafted, he said, were r ■ even examined in Paris and the r> ■ sou was tliat the occupation of t Ruhr was already decided y There was no agreement, he asserted, kbrcau#e France did not desire one. , He declared that the jxMue treatg of Versailles had been trodden umk e foot by Frar.. e without ol -xo i s i any of the other nations signatory • the pact, although the French act: was as much directed at the treaty at Germany, “TheyGod of V engeance Found Obscene by Jur\ i ^ New Vork March 7 —Teetlnm • that "The God of Vcogence' a'pV- * . rgw at the Apollo theate- is t* scene resulted :ti indictments aga «t !lt persons associated with the p*v dugtion Shoiom Ash the authi of the play and Rudolph Schildkraut is • « star "The G<*1 of V engence d»ai* w AH the. tragic destiny >sf *n old Jew. keeper of a brothel, who see* 1 « < * ' •laughter enmeshed in the rvil t * ence* surrounding hi* house When it sit first produced at t < PiwiiH'eu*wn Players old theai - tlie i-riuts agreed that the pice » * a bit eletncntal In it* d il.ng w »n bvyl the consensus gat tt ’ c rer.k on arustir ground* Th« c ScMMkrtmt gat e a moving ">t. • , i.ifk'S of the old ttrothnl kccP- - jaa-it ic* said e*pec -laity in tlw* • * denouement In the last act. Shoiom Vsh the pfcyw ght t known «>n the continent for a nusatv * of noteworthy dramas, but Vmericse. - hate heard of him only through 'V» Tiddiah theaierw. Freight Rato Rolucol From Omaha to W r>l t Si Paul Minn March ; Itedv iion,* in freight rain <-n c w moditlea hnlwecrt nil'* go and S . tanita to th> Pacific jvt and f t . St P*uV haioa* i ,!y and Omar i land intermediate point* to the Pacific , iW. trere annouiveil \ oeterda \ by t Great Northern ra.lway The neat rate* i e!t. \ . and apply to Seattle. Sp.dt.ve ai>d Tacoma, Wsah : Portland O a I Yanitiaor It i The reduction range from a cent* t« tl.t'H per^hnt.iiivd 5*011 ,d« iv< toid‘tie« affected imhiite amtnunitKv eaah reg;»tei a. drill*. Ndlt.* am* fra , Jaia, etc (Mini, ref* are.atm « g .t-* ; OtMigh rolled*. «tndow staav lard a-' t auhatitutea wtr* rope, aiarvh beaunc i appaiatip* niliber tire* conned go * ,"**•< heater* <«»»' air ictural ■ i and atm’ , ,t*t iron pipe# ami n» .» ! and apikan F